William leiter



(No Model.)

W. LEITER.

ROPE GLUTUH.

v No. 424,560. Patented Apr. 1,1890.

-section of the same.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC ILLIAM LEITER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO FRANK M. VAN DOORN, OF SAME PLACE.

ROPE-CLUTCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,560, dated April 1,1890.

Application filed September 5, 1889. Serial No. 323,065. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM LEITER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and usef ul Improvements in RopeOlutcl1es; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

The object of the invention is to construct a strong, cheap, and simpledevice whereby a rope can be readily, quickly, and securely fastened atany point intermediate its ends, and is the more especially designed foruse in connection with hammocks, wherein a device is desired that can beadjusted quickly in hanging the hammock and that can be I changedreadily, so as to lengthen or shorten the rope.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar construction of theclutch and in the combination of its parts, all as more fullyhereinafter set forth and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is avertical central Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing the rope rigidlysecured in place. Fig. 4. is a vertical section at right angles to Fig.3, the rope being shown partially in section and partially in elevation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents a suitable casting substantially in the form of the letter H.From the bar or web of this casting A and at about its longitudinalcenter there project the spurs B.

0 represents curved horns, which project laterally from one side of thecasting A and form an integral part thereof, as does also the centralhorn D, the curve of the latter, however, being in an opposite directionto that of the horns 0.

Referring to Figs. 2, 3, and 4, in practice one end of the rope isplaced between the walls of the casting A, as at a, Fi 4,fron1 whence itis passed back between the walls upon the opposite side of the centralweb or bar, as at b, after which the walls of the casting are bent overupon the rope, as shown in Figs. 3 and l, thus seen rely fastening thecasting upon the rope, and it is now ready for use. The rope having beenlooped around a post, hook, or other object to which it is desired tosecure it, the rope is rove over the hooked horns O and under thecentral horn D, the bite thus formed being so short that it isimpossible for the rope to slip.

A device of this character will be found of equal value when employed inconnection with guy-ropes, as in pitching tents, and in many otherplaces where it is not desired to make a permanent fastening.

It will be noticed that in securing the casting to the end of the ropethe spurs 13 pass nearly through the rope, and thus prevent the ropefrom pulling through the casting.

If desired, a single spur B may be used on one side of the web or barwhich connects the sides of the clutch; but it is preferable to use twosuch spurs, one projecting from each side of said web or bar, as shown.

What I claim as my invention is- As a new article of manufacture, aropeclutch substantially in the form of an H, provided with theupwardly-curved horns O O and the central and oppositely-curved horn D,projecting from one side thereof, and having a spur or spurs Bprojecting from the web which connects the sides of the H, substantiallyas described.

\VILLIAM LEITER.

